16 years pass since Armenia's occupation of Azerbaijan’s Gubadli region

A total of 54 people were killed in the battles for Gubadli and 232 Gubadli residents were killed and 146 became disabled during the Karabakh war.

Armenians burned and looted 94 villages and settlements, 205 cultural and social facilities and 12 historical monuments in Gubadli. There were 21 secondary and 15 incomplete secondary schools, as well as 15 primary schools and 7 kindergartens in the region with population of 33, 800. Total of 1,280 teachers were working in the schools.

There were 111 cultural and educational centers, including 60 libraries, 10 cultural houses, 28 clubs and 6 auto-clubs.

Armenians looted Gubadli Museum of History and Ethnography where more than 5,000 unique exhibits were displayed. A shrine dated back to fourth century, Galali and Goygala monuments (V B.C.), Blacksmith Tomb (XIV B.C.), Haji Badal and Lalazar bridges, as well as other historical monuments in Ayin, Yusfbayli, Seytas, Garagacli and Khocamsakhli villages are under occupation now.

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